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Oxidized Nickel to Prepare an Inorganic Hole Transport Layer for High-Efficiency and Stability of CH 3 NH 3 PbI 3 Perovskite Solar Cells

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  • Chien-Chung Hsu

    (Department of Engineering and System Science, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

  • Sheng-Min Yu

    (Department of Engineering and System Science, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan
    Material and Chemical Research Laboratories, Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsinchu 31040, Taiwan
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

  • Kun-Mu Lee

    (Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 33302, Taiwan
    Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, Taoyuan 33305, Taiwan
    Green Technology Research Center, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 33302, Taiwan
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

  • Chuan-Jung Lin

    (Department of Engineering and System Science, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

  • Bo-Yi Liou

    (Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, National Central University, Jhong-Li, Taoyuan 32001, Taiwan)

  • Fu-Rong Chen

    (Department of Engineering and System Science, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan
    Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)

Abstract

In this study, we report a perovskite solar cell (PSC) can be benefited from the high quality of inorganic nickel oxide (NiO x ) as a hole transport layer (HTL) film fabricated from the physical vapor deposition (PVD) process. The power conversion efficiency (PCE) of PSC is found to depend on the thickness of NiO x HTL. The NiO x thickness is optimized via quantitative investigation of the structure, optical and electrical properties. With an active area of 11.25 cm 2 , a PSC module (25 cm 2 ) with a PCE of 15.1% is demonstrated, while statistically averaged PCE = 18.30% with an open voltage (V oc ) 1.05 V, short-circuit current density (J sc ) 23.89 mA/cm 2 , and fill factor (FF) 72.87% can be achieved from 36 devices with smaller active areas of 0.16 cm 2 . After the stability test at 40% relative humidity (RH) and 25 °C for 1200 h, the highest performance NiO x -based PSC is shown to be about 1.2–1.8 times superior to PEDOT:PSS organic HTL based PSC at the same environment.

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  • Chien-Chung Hsu & Sheng-Min Yu & Kun-Mu Lee & Chuan-Jung Lin & Bo-Yi Liou & Fu-Rong Chen, 2022. "Oxidized Nickel to Prepare an Inorganic Hole Transport Layer for High-Efficiency and Stability of CH 3 NH 3 PbI 3 Perovskite Solar Cells," Energies, MDPI, vol. 15(3), pages 1-12, January.
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